Angus Cochrane
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Senior political journalist @BBCScotlandNews @anguscchrn.bsky.social
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined November 2010
'I can't lift a bag into an overhead locker but I climbed K2' https://t.co/fOWKfSVfEQ
bbc.co.uk
Fuelled by loss, injury and jelly beans, Kirsty Mack tells of how she conquered the world's second-highest peak.
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How could the assisted dying law work in Scotland? https://t.co/FhoOVBsNOe
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A bill to allow terminally-ill adults to end their lives has passed an initial vote at Holyrood.
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Harvie to stand down as Scottish Green co-leader https://t.co/IL0KCuJAPf
bbc.co.uk
The MSP is the longest-serving party chief at Holyrood, having been in the role for almost 17 years.
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Ex-Tory leader Douglas Ross to stand down as MSP https://t.co/EA1YfwX0Cp
bbc.co.uk
The former Scottish Conservative leader has signalled he will seek to return to Westminster as an MP.
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Ex-SNP chief Peter Murrell in court charged with embezzlement
bbc.co.uk
The former first minister's husband Peter Murrell has appeared in court charged with embezzlement.
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Former Labour MSP quits party over welfare cuts
bbc.com
A Scottish Labour frontbencher has also criticised UK government plans to cut £5bn a year from social security spending.
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'We can finally return to Syria, but this island is our home' @_Anguscchrn and I went to Bute last week to speak with Syrians settled on the island after fleeing civil war a decade ago. More ➡️ https://t.co/QC6cZITcwF
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Bute has welcomed 125 Syrian refugees over the past decade. The fall of Assad's regime has given those who fled a glimmer of hope of returning. But it has also posed the question of where home truly lies. https://t.co/vm6RjPQ99k
bbc.co.uk
For the first time, Syrians fleeing civil war have a chance of returning home. But do those settled on Bute want to?
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'We can finally return to Syria, but this island is our home'
bbc.com
For the first time, Syrians fleeing civil war have a chance of returning home. But do those settled on Bute want to?
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Swinney attacks Trump's Gaza 'take over' plans
bbc.com
The first minister says the idea Palestinians should be removed from Gaza is "unacceptable and dangerous".
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BREAKING: Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell to end marriage https://t.co/6Spw6MfwFF
bbc.co.uk
Sturgeon says she and the former SNP chief executive have been separated for "some time".
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Scottish Budget set to pass with Labour abstaining
bbc.co.uk
SNP ministers will have the votes they need after Anas Sarwar says his party will not vote down the government's plans.
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‘Large-scale change to the motorway is impossible without large-scale political reform. The council is too weak and too poor.’ Richard J. Williams on the problem of Glasgow’s M8:
lrb.co.uk
When the Glasgow section of the M8 opened on 4 February 1972 a handful of students from the nearby Glasgow School of Art...
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Scottish government to ban WhatsApp for official business
bbc.com
The announcement comes after it was revealed ministers deleted messages exchanged during the pandemic.
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Labour council leader quits over alleged messages
bbc.com
Police are investigating Edinburgh councillor Cammy Day following an allegation of inappropriate behaviour.
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BREAKING: Scottish government vows to mitigate two-child benefit cap
bbc.co.uk
Finance Secretary Shona Robison also announced plans to change the income tax system in her Budget speech.
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'There is nowhere left to cut,' say charities facing the National Insurance hike. One charity boss describes it as the 'death knell' for social care, while hospices say they may have to turn patients away. https://t.co/21DFOb3oz2
bbc.co.uk
Hospices say they could have to turn patients away, while social care groups say they may have to let staff go.
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UK government not considering Scottish visa to attract migrants
bbc.com
Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to transfer powers to the Scottish government to help address labour shortages.
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"Glasgow has not lost its capacity to excite. On frosty nights, heading gig-wards along the Gallowgate, the Barrowlands’ fairground dazzle still quickens the pulse." Beautiful writing by @DaniGaravelli1 in our first weekend read. https://t.co/f6kr4lXxCY
glasgowbell.co.uk
Our city has not lost its capacity to excite, but everywhere the talk is of decaying buildings and missed opportunity
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